This all-from-scratch buttery and spice shrimp with pasta is delicious! The light sauce that is made from scratch + simple ingredients & spices is worth the time. This dish comes together in a large skillet over medium heat.
What is capellini pasta?
Capellini is a very thin variety of Italian pasta. Angel hair pasta is even thinner, but can be used instead of capellini. For best results, cook the pasta according to the package. Make sure to not over boil the pasta in salted water, so you don’t end up having nasty-tasting and soggy noodles.
What can I substitute shrimp for?
While this is a dish recipe for pasta and shrimp, you can skip the shrimp or substitute it for mushrooms, lobster or spinach. The taste of the noodles should not change, but I find the light buttery sauce stands more out with a low calorie, light protein, like shrimp.
How to make the white wine sauce for pasta?
Instead of going out and buying ready-made pasta sauce in a jar with a long shelf life, try making your own! It’s easy.
To make the white wine sauce you will need olive oil, onion, garlic, and white wine. For a little creamy part add some shredded parmesan, and salt and pepper to taste.
Steps
Cook pasta per instructions on the box. It take a few minute for capellini pasta to cook in boiled salted water, so don’t over boil it. When pasta is ready, reserve 1/4 cup of pasta water. Then drain the rest of the pasta. Put pasta back into the pot and stir in the reserved 1/4 cup of water to loosen the pasta.
While the water boils and the pasta cooks, heat up a skillet for shrimp. Melt 1 Tablespoon of unsalted butter. Add in shrimp and salt and paprika. Give it a good stir. Sear the shrimp till bought sides are cooked (about 2 minutes) Take shrimp out.
In the same skillet, on medium heat add in olive oil and thinly chopped onion. Cook until the onion is soft and clear (4-5 minutes).
Add in minced garlic, give it about thirty seconds for the flavors to come together. Then add in juice from 1/2 a lemon.
Then stir in white wine.
Then parmesan cheese.
Add chopped fresh parsley.
Add a pinch of salt. Turn off heat.
Combine shrimp to pasta and the white wine sauce.
Ingredients
Pasta
- 1/2 lb capellini pasta
- water
- salt
For the Shrimp
- 1 lb shrimp
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp paprika
For the White Wine Sauce
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion, thinly chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- juice from 1/2 a lemon
- ¼ cup white wine
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves chopped
Instructions
Cook pasta per instructions on the box. It take a few minute for capellini pasta to cook in boiled salted water, so don’t over boil it. When pasta is ready, reserve 1/4 cup of pasta water. Then drain the rest of the pasta. Put pasta back into the pot and stir in the reserved 1/4 cup of water to loosen the pasta.
While the water boils and the pasta cooks, heat up a skillet for shrimp. Melt 1 Tablespoon of unsalted butter. Add in shrimp and salt and paprika. Give it a good stir. Sear the shrimp till bought sides are cooked (about 2 minutes) Take shrimp out.
In the same skillet, on medium heat add in olive oil and thinly chopped onion. Cook until the onion is soft and clear (4-5 minutes).
Add in minced garlic, give it about thirty seconds for the flavors to come together. Then add in juice from 1/2 a lemon.
Then stir in white wine.
Then parmesan cheese.
Add chopped fresh parsley.
Add a pinch of salt. Turn off heat.
Combine shrimp to pasta and the white wine sauce.
Nutrition Facts
Write a review
Share with others of your opinion on this recipe so that we can make this recipe better for everyone.
How do you rate this recipe?
Here is how your review will look like:
Yes, I recommend this recipe.
No, I do not recommend this recipe.
Updated version is so good. My family ate it all.
Yes, I recommend this recipe.
From All We Eat Admin:
Oh that is great to hear!
The sauce totally breaks down with the addition of the vinegar....I had to add cornstarch to thicken the sauce enough to call it a sauce.
No, I do not recommend this recipe.
This isn't a smooth sauce. The texture doesn't look right.
No, I do not recommend this recipe.
Yes, I recommend this recipe.
From All We Eat Admin:
Thanks for pointing that out! It's two cloves.
Hello! I'm planning to prepare this recipe this week. Step 5 says to add garlic? But garlic is not listed in the ingredients, can you please tell me how much garlic I am supposed to add? Thank you so much! I can't wait to try this!
Yes, I recommend this recipe.
